High-altitude exposure of three weeks duration increases lung diffusing capacity in humans

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1564-1571

  Agostoni, Piergiuseppe ^a,b,c   Swenson, Erik R ^b   Bussotti, Maurizio ^d   Revera, Miriam ^e,f   Meriggi, Paolo ^e   Faini, Andrea ^e   Lombardi, Carolina ^e,f   Bilo, Grzegorz ^e   Giuliano, Andrea ^e   Bonacina, Daniele ^e   Modesti, Pietro A ^g,h   Mancia, Giuseppe ^f   Parati, Gianfranco ^e  

^a CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d IRCCS   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^h IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Hypoxia; Oxygen; Respiration; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEMOGLOBIN; NORADRENALIN; OXYGEN; TELMISARTAN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LUNG; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOUNTAINEERING; NEPAL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; ANOXIA; BENZIMIDAZOLES; BENZOATES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD-AIR BARRIER; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; ITALY; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUNTAINEERING; NEPAL; NOREPINEPHRINE; OXYGEN; PULMONARY DIFFUSING CAPACITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79959328890     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01167.2010     Document Type: Article

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